Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld was Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1840 to 1884 and father of Ernest II, regent of the Principality of Lippe. He is an ancestor of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.Early life
Julius was born at Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia, fifth child and second son of Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and his wife, Modeste von Unruh,.Marriage
Julius married on 30 April 1839 at Castell to Countess Adelheid Clotilde Auguste of Castell-Castell, daughter of Friedrich, Count of Castell-Castell, and his wife, Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
They had fourteen children:
- Count Ernest of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Countess Emilie Amalie Modeste Ernestine Bernhardine of Lippe-Biesterfeld, married in 1864 to Otto I, Prince of Salm-Horstmar, had issue;
- Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, married in 1869 to Countess Karoline of Wartensleben, had issue;
- Count Adalbert of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Countess Mathilde of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Prince Leopold of Lippe ;
- Count Kasimir of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Count Oscar of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Countess Johanna of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Friedrich Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, married in 1882 to Princess Marie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, had issue;
- Countess Elisabeth of Lippe-Biesterfeld ;
- Prince Rudolf of Lippe, married in 1889 to Princess Louise of Ardeck, had issue;
- Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe, married in 1895 to Countess Gisela of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Meerholz, had issue ;
- Count Friedrich Karl of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
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